Boston Centric | Bombing with Mike Dorval
86 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsHe's eating it! She's dying! He's BOMBING! For a stand-up comic there's no pain quite like a joke that bombs. Every comic bombs and in Bombing with Mike Dorval we seek to find out WHY! Every week a new comedian joins Mike to dive into the nitty gritty of joke writing. They'll explore the mechanics of crafting of great joke and the agony of a watching a joke they loved, nurtured, and thought would soar come crashing to Earth. It's a deep dive into the agony and ecstasy of writing jokes.
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Episodes
EP29 - Atlanta Boston NBA Playoffs Game 2
April 19, 2023 02:57 - 39 minutes - 53.6 MBEP28 - 82 Games That Don't Matter
March 31, 2023 23:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBEP27 - The Fifth Beatle
December 14, 2022 01:30 - 3 minutes - 4.12 MBTopics include: Car shopping, identity theft, baseball vs football salaries, Ty Cobb history, chapstick, James Bond, and Dwight Howard's condom use/free throw ability.
EP26 - Car Trouble
November 24, 2022 02:23 - 3 minutes - 4.12 MBEP25 - Roomba
November 03, 2022 23:28 - 36 minutes - 33 MBEP24 - Willful Ignorance
October 26, 2022 00:28 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBTopics Include: The Patriot's quarterback controversy, the Lakers woes, Mississippi as vacation destination, and age milestones as a sports fan.
EP23 - This Season's NBA Bets
October 07, 2022 01:43 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBIn this episode, Mike and Dan discuss Draymond Green, Russell Westbrook, and they also pick a few NBA team's season win total over/unders.
EP22 - We Could Coach The Celtics
September 25, 2022 15:56 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBTopics include: MLB ignoring Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa's face, the Celtics/Ime Udoka situation.
EP21 - The Mac Jones Era
September 13, 2022 19:22 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBTopics include: The Patriots Week One, Fantasy Football, Does Mac Jones need a coach?
EP20 - The Spice of Life
June 30, 2022 00:09 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBMike's car accident Celtic's Post Season Kyrie's Contract The Time the Fire Department Kicked down Dan's door.
EP19 - Celtics Warriors Game 4 Preview
June 10, 2022 22:53 - 38 minutes - 35.2 MBEP18 - Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors NBA Finals Preview
June 01, 2022 23:25 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBNBA Finals Preview
EP16 - Two Man Death Pool
May 05, 2022 21:12 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBEP15 - This is a Theology Podcast
April 22, 2022 21:13 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBWhy do the Celtics Look so much better? Game 1 Kyrie and Game 2 Kyrie. The benefit of the bubble for an aging Lakers' Championship win. Do squirrels eat birds? All this and more in this episode of Boston Centric.
EP14 - Dirk Nowitzki and the Blitzkrieg All-stars
April 09, 2022 01:30 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBTopics include: Rick Pitino's best week. Is Brad Stevens Executive of the Year? Was naming himself the "Black Mamba" was the worst thing Kobe ever did? Is James Harden a drunk? Have injuries taken their toll on Anthony Davis?
EP13 - Recency Bias
March 16, 2022 18:53 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBTopics include: Jerry West should sue "Winning Time" What sports draft is the most impactful? Was Bill Hicks the genius everyone said he was?
EP12 - I Hate to Say Rick Pitino was Right
March 07, 2022 23:17 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBTopics include: The Celtics current state Was Rick Pitino right? Big Baby Doing Stand up A Kyrie Conspiracy Theory
EP11 - Surprisingly Athletic
February 07, 2022 21:29 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBSuper Bowl picks, the documentary "The Tuck Rule", are comedians athletic?, Ben Simmons current state, and did Tom Brady slight Boston Fans.
EP10 - The Honeypot
January 29, 2022 02:00 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MBAFC/NFC Championship picks, Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame chance, will Jimm G be on the Patriots, and which Boston Celtic year hurts the most?
EP09 - The Bet
January 21, 2022 23:49 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBEP08 - Ostensibly a Sports Podcast
January 15, 2022 00:48 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBIn this episode, Mike and Dan discuss the Celtics' current construction, College Gigs, Westbrook's Future, David Brenner, Zoom Comedy, the worst cities in Upstate New York, Mike's shirt, and if the patriots have a chance in Buffalo this week.
EP07 - A Curvy, Hairy Back To Get You Through The Day
December 31, 2021 18:14 - 43 minutes - 39.4 MBTopics Include:
EP06 - All Callbacks
December 21, 2021 17:05 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBTopics Include: Will the Leagues shut down again due to increased Covid-19 numbers? Do the Knicks have the worst ownership? The state of the Celtics and Patriots, and is Dan giving the Patriots a participation trophy?
EP05 - If Highlander Was Afraid of Swords
December 10, 2021 01:04 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBEP04 - The Pastrami Burrito
November 29, 2021 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBEP03 - The Problem with Marcus Smart
November 19, 2021 22:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBTopics in this episode include: Are the New England Patriots contenders? At this point in the season, who are the Boston Celtics? Does James Harden realize Kevin Durant is on the floor? How to fix the NBA replay. Gambling on sports. The Problem with Marcus Smart. Is there one move that can be made to fix the Celtics?
EP02 - Baseball Needs to Be Fixed
November 10, 2021 00:30 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBBoston Centric Topics include:
EP01 - The Mark Blount List
October 24, 2021 01:39 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB56- Jiayong Li
March 01, 2017 16:40 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBOur lst Bombing for a while is with someone I've been wanting to talk to. I'm always fascinated by brilliant people who choose to go into comedy and Jiayong fits that description. We talk about going from grad school to stand up, comedy in China, and he teaches me what "cross talk" is.
55- Sportsball with Mike, Dan and James
February 15, 2017 23:24 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBWhat's that? You want some uninformed sports commentary? You'd like it to have some tech issues? Can I interest you in some Super Bowl predictions even thought the game was two weeks ago because we couldn't get this episode cleaned up until today? YOU GOT IT! Bombing favorites Dan Boulger and James Patterson joined me to talk sports and comedy in what may become a regular thing if you guys like it. Honestly, we may just keep doing it out of spite.
54- Langston Kerman
February 09, 2017 19:33 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBWe had to battle technical difficulties and chatty neighbors but it was worth it to have a really fun talk with HBOs Langston Kerman. From Chicago to a masters in poetry to teaching to headlining clubs and acting in the series "Insecure" it's been a really fascinating comedy trip that ended with a bomb in Walmart.
54- Langston Kerman
February 09, 2017 19:33 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBWe had to battle technical difficulties and chatty neighbors but it was worth it to have a really fun talk with HBOs Langston Kerman. From Chicago to a masters in poetry to teaching to headlining clubs and acting in the series "Insecure" it's been a really fascinating comedy trip that ended with a bomb in Walmart.
53- Mike Murray
February 01, 2017 16:29 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBHow do you go from deaf until you're 40 to professional comedian, booker, and producer? That's the journey of Rhode Island's Mike Murray. We talk about telling jokes you can't hear, the technology that allowed him to live his dream, and we always have time for a bomb!
52- Alana Devich Benefit/Getting out of Comedy
January 25, 2017 01:56 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBAlana Devich is an amazing person who USED to be an amazing comedian. She's sick, so we put together a benefit at The Comedy Studio to talk about her comedy, ding benefits for so many friends who are hurting and to talk about comedians leaving comedy. Should we try to talk them out of it, or envy them for getting out?!?! One thing we agree on? Alan is amazing and needs to get better! Featuring- Kelly Macfarland, Tim McIntire, Val Kappa, and another comedy escapee, Melane Welch.
51- Rohan Padhye
January 17, 2017 21:24 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBFrom the London Scool of Economics to stand up comedy? And his parents were ok with that? His parents ENCOURAGED that?!?! Rohan Padhye is a lucky guy because he knows that only comedy is going to make him happy. We cover the long strange trip, find out why his 28th year was so damn good and try to save a bomb about the "r" word that is a different "r" word then you might think, in this weeks Bombing.
50- Nick Chambers
January 12, 2017 02:17 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBOk, I found out that Nick Chambers can sing, has had some very interesting days gigs, and does NOT think he's a millennial. But he is. He's not a "millennial" but he is a millennial. At his heart though, he's an old school, hysterical comedian and we got to the heart of how that happened.
49- Casey Crawford
January 04, 2017 01:32 - 1 hour - 48.2 MBI'll be honest...I did not know about the stand up comedy scene in Nebraska. But it produced Casey Crawford who just got back from Just For Laughs in Montreal, so they're doing something right in Omaha. Casey and I talked about growing up in the midwest, moving to the the East Coast and a bomb you should avoid if you have a "thing" about clowns.
48- Xazmin Garza
December 28, 2016 04:20 - 1 hour - 44 MBUtah to Vegas to Boston...it's not the typical comedy path and it produced a comic who's anything but typical in Xazmin Garza. We got talk about her past as a columnist and her future in comedy and a VERY NSFW bomb that she just won't give up on.
47- Kwasi Mensah
December 21, 2016 00:40 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBI got meet Kwasi Mensah at his "Laughing Liberally" show in Boston and came away impressed with his comedy and point of view. He's gotten some added attention recently because of a confrontation with a Trump supporting heckler. Is this a sign of things to come? How did he feel about it and what should someone do in a situation like that? We did a different kind of deep dive this week to explore those questions.
46- Jimmy Tingle
December 13, 2016 23:31 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBJimmy Tingle made his first appearance on Johnny Carson on December 15th,1988 and has appeared on pretty much every show you can name since then. He's been one of the most influential political satirists for 30 years and we got talk about the next few years are looking like for him and the world of comedy on this weeks Bombing.
45-Jon Fisch
December 06, 2016 22:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBWhere have you seen Jon Jon Fisch? The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Last Comic Standing, Premium Blend, some of the finest temples along the East Coast and more. I got to know him when he was beating me in The Boston Comedy festival and we got to relive that wonderful memory when he was in Boston for Thanksgiving.
44- Giulia Rozzi
November 29, 2016 23:58 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBI had been trying to talk to Giulia Rozzi ever since her album "True Love" came out. I finally got to when she came home to Massachusetts for Thanksgiving and got to talk about jokes, her show, "First Set" and we just can't seem to avoid politics in 2016...
43- James Patterson and Dan Boulger Talk Boston Comedy Festival
November 22, 2016 22:52 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBWe've talked a little about comedy contests in the past and on this episode we talk to James Scott Patterson as he's about to compete in the semi-finals of the Boston Comedy Festival and former $10,000 champion Dan Boulger. How do you approach a contest? Is it different from a standard set? Is it more stressful? We cover a wide range of topics and there's even a guest appearance by Dave Walsh!
42- Niki Luparelli/Comedy Post-Trump
November 15, 2016 20:24 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBOne thing every comedian has heard since Donald Trump won the election is "You must be excited! You're going to have lots of material!" Niki Luparelli and I were less than excited. We decided to address the elephant in the room and talk about what comedy was going to be like in this post trump America.
41Emily Ruskowski
November 07, 2016 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBComics get there late. Where? Wherever they're supposed to be. But you can't get mad at Emily Ruskowski because she was probably late due to saving a child in her other life as a social worker. How do you bring the heavy stuff she deals with in her everyday life into a comedy stage? How was opening for Gilbert Gotfried? And how does a joke go from being your closer to being your biggest bomb and regret? Let's get some answers....
40- Chris Pennie
October 31, 2016 22:00 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBHow may people can die in a joke before it stops being funny? What if they're family members? My guest this week is Chris Pennie and we'll deal with this controversy while breaking down a bomb that explores the age old feud between doctors and mechanics while trying to see what competitive bodybuilding can teach us about stand-up!
39- Jordan Handren Seavey
October 25, 2016 23:25 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBJordan Handren-Seavey took one for the team this week. His voice was ragged, he was about to do a show, and he STILL stepped up to talk about his new album, his favorite bomb, and what it's like to wear the best chapeau in Boston.
38- In Treatment
October 19, 2016 22:35 - 44 minutes - 30.2 MBThis week we have a group chat following a special show at Megan's House which is a group treatment facility for women. How is it different from a typical show? Kelly McFarland, Emily Ruskowski, Jack Burke, Eric Taylor, and Phoebe Angle take the time to talk about a really cool and unique kind of comedy.
37- Kenice Mobley
October 10, 2016 20:40 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBIf I'm on. Show with Kenice Mobley I check where she is on the lineup so I never miss her. Some comics bring pure heat. Comedy fastballs. Kenice is great because she throws curve and changeups that surprise you and always find the strike zone. Today we talk about her past and future and she even spends time grilling me!